
Film · 1977 · Films · 1970s
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Two parallel scores from 476 z-qualifying reviewers and 480 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1970s (2,406 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 2,406 peers in Films · 1970s
| Mean reviewer z-score | +0.323 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 7.51 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 7.52 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | +0.247 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 476 / 480 |
Summary
A power company lineman becomes mysteriously drawn to a remote location after witnessing an unexplained aerial phenomenon. As he pursues the source of his inexplicable compulsion, he joins other witnesses and scientists investigating the strange occurrences.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
476 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = +0.323. DB2 raw mean = 7.52.
90% CI-floor = +0.247. Thin samples penalized.
Global 76.6 / cohort 70.4. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: Films · 1970s







